Item 02: Jane Eliza Currie Western Australia diary, 1829-1832
Item 02: Jane Eliza Currie Western Australia diary, 1829-1832
About this item
Full title
Date
1829-1832
Call Numbers
A 2887/Item 2
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Physical Description
Contents
0.01 metres of textual material (1 volume)
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Item
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Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In coypright
Research & study copies allowed : Author has been deceased for more than 50 years
Issue Copy
Digitised : From microfilm
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The diary commences on 8 July 1829 when Jane Currie landed on Garden Island WA, along with Governor James Stirling, who arrived with his family and civil officials in the storeship Parmelia. The diary was kept for three years unil 12 August 1832. Diary also contains dinner ticket for Western Agricultural Society at Perth Hotel Friday 1 June 1832.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Item 02: Jane Eliza Currie Western Australia diary, 1829-1832
Notes
General note
Microfilm copy available at CY 2498, frames 40-140
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Jane Eliza Currie nee Wood, born in England, was a miniature and watercolour painter. Currie arrived at the Swan River Colony on the Parmelia on 1 June 1829, and first lived on Garden Island before moving to Matilda Bay on 1 June 1830, where her husband Captain Currie had selected part of his 12,200 acre grant. While living in Western Australia Jan...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
A 2887/Item 2
Record Identifier
1l4d73e1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1l4d73e1
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Reference code
1347147
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